What interests you about this interest in marketing/advertising position?

Have you ever written letters for your company or department? Tell me about a particularly important letter you wrote.

As Assistant Account Executive you will need a high attention to detail to process vendor invoices and Client billing and maintain budget spreadsheets. How do you keep track of all the details at work?

Relate an approach, different from your normal approach, you took to solve a problem as a Assistant Account Executive – Advertising Agency. How did you come up with the approach? What other options did you consider?

What action do you take to provide quick and thorough service for customer requests or problems? Can you tell me about a particular situation?

The Executive Assistant in our Advertising department must maintain record systems for all creative archives and in-progress work. Describe your experience with spreadsheets and databases.

Sometimes people don’t respond well to a performance improvement discussion. Could you give an example of a discussion as a Assistant Account Executive – Advertising Agency that didn’t turn out as you had planned. What happened?

Tell me about the time when your course load was heaviest. How did you complete all of your work?

How important is recognition to you?
Have you ever been in a highly uncertain or ambiguous work situation? Explain. How did you react?

Bonus Questions

Sometimes gifts to prospective customers can help land a sale. Have you ever given a gift to a prospective customer? What is your company's position on doing this?

Have you ever written any procedures or policies for customers, clients, or others in your organization? Give an example.

How have you gotten around obstacles that prevented you from completing projects? Describe an obstacle and what you did to get around it.

Daily Interview Tip

Prepare your interview outfit: shine the shoes and plan grooming things like getting a haircut. Dressing well can increase your confidence as well as boosting your professional image. Preparing questions for the employer shows you are organized and are serious about wanting to work there. If you can show that you understand a particular market that the employer is in you will increase your chance of a job offer.